Microsoft reportedly demos Office Reader app for Windows 8

Microsoft reportedly demos Office Reader app for Windows 8

Microsoft may have cooked up a new Windows 8 app that can display a variety of different files.

Codenamed Office Reader, the app supports Office documents, PDFs, web pages, e-books, and electronic textbooks, according to The Verge. Citing sources familiar with Microsoft's Office plans, The Verge said that the app was demoed at an employee-only meeting on Thursday by Kirk Koenigsbauer, a corporate VP in charge of Microsoft Office.